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After a year of helping businesses power through the pandemic, chamber of commerce executives statewide are examining how their role is changing.Chamber leaders have been battle tested in the past 12 months and faced the same challenges as their.
As NH’s mask mandate expires, city and town rules remain in place
Virginia Clerkin wears a mask while walking down South Main Street in Hanover, N.H., where she is the manager of J. Crew, Monday, July 27, 2020. The Town of Hanover will hold a public hearing on a mask ordinance next week. Currently signs throughout the downtown area request the use of face masks. A short time later Dwight Campbell, of West Lebanon, passed by on his way to a meeting with a friend and said he was pleased to see the majority of people on the street wearing masks. “I’m sorry that there’s a particular confusion between notions of personal freedom and simple things that people can do to protect themselves and others,” said Campbell, a retired surgeon, of those that don’t wear face coverings. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Residents, businesses anticipating federal COVID-19 relief money flowing into NH, Vt.
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LEBANON The money will be helpful.
Upper Valley businesses and residents alike said they are looking forward to the influx of cash provided under the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed into law last week, including $1,400 direct payments for the vast majority of American adults and dependents.
Some are going to put those checks to work locally, and soon.
“I’m going to spend it on buying local art,” Sonja Olson, a printmaker from Woodstock, said as she emerged from Kohl’s in West Lebanon on a chilly Saturday morning. “I spent all of the previous $600 check on buying art at Long River Gallery in White River Junction. I want to support our artists.”
Bottom line: Hanover brings new tradition from the Old World with outdoor Christmas market
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2020 has been a rough year for Hanover merchants as the pandemic has forced several restaurants and retail shops to close, leaving empty storefronts in the heart of the town.
Now, to help downtown businesses this holiday season, Town Manager Julia Griffin is turning to an economic model that has roots in medieval Europe.
Griffin, long fascinated by the
Weihnachtsmarkt Christmas market or street markets that pop up in German towns and cities during Advent, is market-testing the Old World tradition in Hanover.